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Budget negotiators differ by $6.5 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional negotiators on Friday differed by $6.5 billion in their efforts to agree on the size of spending cuts in budget talks aimed at avoiding a government shutdown, a Republican aide said. (Reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Vicki Allen)…
US serial killer feared loose after 8 bodies found
NEW YORK (AFP) – The discovery of eight bodies buried on a Long Island beach in the northeastern state of New York has raised suspicions here there is a serial killer on the loose. The remains of four prostitutes, aged 22 to 27, who worked through online ads posted on…
Oregon lawmakers ‘Rick Roll’ the state legislature
Over the course of a year and two months, a group of bipartisan Oregon state lawmakers read the lyrics of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” while in session. Yahoo’s Holly Bailey explains how it happened. Watch this video from The Legislative Study Group, uploaded April 1, 2011.…
Second night of tense budget talks in Washington fails to produce results
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The clock was ticking on Friday for Republicans and Democrats to come up with a deal to avert a government shutdown at midnight after President Barack Obama failed to resolve the impasse. With Obama’s order ringing in their ears, negotiators from both sides worked through a second…
Shutdown looms as Obama budget talks end
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama held his second late-night summit in a row with his top Republican foe, groping for a budget deal that would avert a US government shutdown just over 24 hours away. Obama hunkered down in the Oval Office with House of Representatives speaker John Boehner for…
US ‘unprepared’ for Japan-style nuke accident
WASHINGTON – A US nuclear reactor near Baltimore would come dangerously close to meltdown within two days of a disaster on the scale of what happened in Japan three weeks ago, a lawmaker said, citing a draft report by the US nuclear watchdog. At a hearing in the House of…
Sen. Mike Lee: Obama planned government shutdown
Freshman Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) said on the Senate floor Thursday that President Barack Obama might have been planning for the government to shut down all along. “When the president had both Houses under the control of his party, why did he opt not to pass a budget for fiscal…
Gov’t shutdown imperils Statue of Liberty, other sites
WASHINGTON — The Statue of Liberty is likely to turn away huddled masses yearning for access, suffering the same fate as the Grand Canyon and other US national parks if a US budget impasse is not resolved by Friday, officials said. The shutdown would affect site operated by the National…
Corn prices hit record highs in Chicago
NEW YORK — Corn prices surged to record peaks in the United States Thursday amid tight supply and fierce demand driven in part by rapid expansion of biofuels production. With demand outpacing supply despite a massive runup, and high oil prices adding to the pressure, analysts saw little respite in…
Wisconsin court race jolted by uncounted ballot find
MADISON, Wis – Officials in Waukesha County on Thursday said a final review of paperwork and records from a closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election uncovered thousands of uncounted votes, a potentially stunning development that could upend the contest. Unofficial returns on Wednesday gave the union-backed challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg, a…
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